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Critical Chain

Project Management and the Theory of Constraints

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Critical Chain

By: Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Narrated by: Alexander Cendese, Rick Adamson, Tavia Gilbert
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A young, untested team of problem solvers challenged with saving their company moves from board room to classroom in search of answers - and finds them through lively, open discourse with their innovative professor. This gripping, fast-paced business novel does for project management what Eliyahu M. Goldratt's other novels have done for production and marketing.

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Critic Reviews

"This is valuable to two main audiences: project managers and senior managers...useful for dealing with one of the most difficult and pressing management challenges: developing highly innovated new products." ( Harvard Business Review)
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loved it. really engaging book. got addicted. great for someone learning project management. highly recommended

alot to be learnt here

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If you could sum up Critical Chain in three words, what would they be?

Engaging, enlightening and practical.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Critical Chain?

Milestones are not needed for teams.

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Practical explinations and real world examples of "out-of-the-box" thinking.

Any additional comments?

Please do not worry about the comments relating to the different readers. It does not matter one bit or take anything away from the content. Cannot rate this book high enough.

Engaging, thought provoking and practical.

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"The Goal" was amazing and had good food for though for the duration. this book was key to apply the Goal ideas effectively in a construction project environment, but the story fills way too much volume

the goal was better but this was necessary

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Ok from TOC perspective but the points could be conveyed bit better and faster, gets bit boring with extra dramatization of the story.

Ok from TOC perspective and drags a bit

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Only on chapter 2 and the narrators voice is unlistenable. Seems to be a bunch of fictional stories that are boring AF, instead of worthwhile PM theory content

Worst narrator ever

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Storytelling is simplistic, but gets the job done. Shame different speakers voice the same characters in different sections.

good ideas, clumsy storytelling

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